The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra
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- These are the same principles that nature uses to create everything in material existence - everything we can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch.
- Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals.
- Success is the ability to fulfill your desires with effortless ease.
- Success includes material abundance, good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.
- True success is the perception of divinity wherever we go, in whatever we perceive.
- When we begin to experience our life as the miraculous expression of divinity not occasionally, but all the time then we will know the true meaning of success.
- All processes of creation are processes through which the Self or divinity expresses Itself.
- 1. The law of pure potentiality.
- In self-referral, you experience your true being, which is fearless of any challenge, has respect for all people, and feels beneath no one.
- Practicing silence means making a commitment to take a certain amount of time to simply Be.
- Stillness is the first requirement for manifesting your desires, because in stillness lies your connection to the field of pure potentiality that can orchestrate an infinity of details for you.
- The need for approval, the need to control things, and the need for external power are needs that are based on fear.
- Today I shall judge nothing that occurs.
- Non-judgment creates silence in your mind.
- Spending time in nature enables you to sense the harmonious interaction of all the elements and forces of life, and gives you a sense of unity with all of life.
- All relationship is a reflection of your relationship with yourself.
- You must know your true Self.
- You must go beyond the turbulence of your internal dialogue to connect with that abundant, affluent, infinite, creative mind.
- 2. The law of giving.
- The more you give, the more you will receive, because you will keep the abundance of the universe circulating in your life.
- Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.
- If you want joy, give joy to others; if you want love, give love to others; if you want attention and appreciation, learn to give attention and appreciation; if you want material affluence, help others to become materially affluent.
- The easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want.
- We are bundles of thought in a thinking universe. And thought has the power to transform.
- 3. The law of karma or cause and effect.
- What we sow is what we reap.
- When we choose actions that bring happiness and success to others, the fruit of our karma is happiness and success.
- Everything that is happening at this moment is a result of the choices you’ve made in the past.
- Even though we are infinite choice makers, most of us have become bundles of conditioned reflexes that are constantly being triggered by people and circumstances into predictable outcomes of behavior.
- What are the consequences of this choice that I am making? Will this choice that I am making now bring happiness to me and to those around me?
- The best way to prepare for any moment in the future is to be fully conscious in the present.
- 4. The law of least effort.
- It is human nature to make our dreams manifest into physical form, easily and effortlessly.
- Least effort is expended when your actions are motivated by love, because nature is held together by the energy of love.
- Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur.
- This moment is as it is because the entire universe is as it is.
- When you feel frustrated or upset by a person or a situation, remember that you are not reacting to the person or the situation, but to your feelings about the person or the situation.
- Responsibility means not blaming anyone or anything for your situation, including yourself.
- All problems contain the seeds of opportunity, and this awareness allows you to take the moment and transform it to a better situation or thing.
- If you just relinquish the need to defend your point of view, you will gain access to enormous amounts of energy that have been previously wasted.
- When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender to the moment, your life meets resistance.
- If you embrace the present and become one with it, and merge with it, you will experience a fire, a glow, a sparkle of ecstasy throbbing in every living sentient being.
- You can be sure that when the season is right, your desires will manifest.
- 5. The law of intention and desire.
- Just by introducing an intention, you activate the field of infinite correlation.
- Intent is desire without attachment to the outcome.
- Intention combined with detachment leads to life-centered, present-moment awareness.
- When action is performed in present-moment awareness, it is most effective.
- As long as your attention is in the present, then your intent for the future will manifest, because the future is created in the present.
- You should never struggle against the present.
- 6. The law of detachment.
- Those who seek security chase it for a lifetime without ever finding it.
- Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities.
- Every day you can look for the excitement of what may occur in the field of all possibilities.
- Good luck is nothing but preparedness and opportunity coming together.
- 7. The law of dharma or purpose in life.
- Ask yourself how you can serve humanity, and what your unique talents are.
- We’re spiritual beings that have occasional human experiences.
- How can I help?